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Re: git-core-arch: Missing dependency

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CWChris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Date
Nov 12, 2005, 01:26 UTC
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<20051112012612.GD5856@shell0.pdx.osdl.net>
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* H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com) wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
> >>Just to be anal;
> >>Requires doesn't usually include the %release,...
> >
> >Obviously both you and Chris (who did the part you are quoting
> >for us) know RPM spec a lot better than I do, and I see two
> >experts contradicting with each other.  It could have been just
> >an oversight, or it might have done deliberately --- I cannot
> >judge myself, so I punt here.  I'll remove "-%{release}" when I
> >hear Chris says he agrees with you.
> 
> You can do it either way.  It's a matter of the strictness of the 
> binding.  If you put %{version} there, then it has to come from the same 
> upstream release; for %{version}-%{release} it has to come from the same 
> SRPM, i.e. usually from the same build.
> 
> In this case I think %{version}-%{release} is appropriate.

Yeah, I was being conservative. In reality, the release is rarely bumped, so it's probably not critical either way.

thanks, -chris

Previous: H. Peter Anvin
Message 6 of 6 in “git-core-arch: Missing dependency”
  1. Horst von BrandNov 11, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2005
  3. Andreas EricssonNov 11, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2005
  5. H. Peter AnvinNov 12, 2005
  6. Chris WrightNov 12, 2005

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